Our Last Giveaway!

Can you believe it? Thanksgiving (for the US) has already passed by, and now we're heading down that path toward all the winter holidays!

And the Deathly Hallows Pt. One has been released! I went to see it at a 12:05am showing opening night (er, morning?), and in less than 24 hours, I was going to see it again with two friends who haven't read the books. Hmph. Muggles.

Now we only have Pt. Two ahead of us...and I can't help feeling really sad. It's all ending, in a way. But we'll always have the books, and since that's where the magic started, I'm taking some comfort in that.

This week, I'm announcing our last giveaway winner. The winner gets to choose either a mitten or sock project, in their House colors. This will include yarn, needles and a pattern of the winner's choice. I'm really excited to put it together, so without further ado:




The winner is...



Joannie of Hufflepuff! Congratulations! Please message me on Ravelry so we can talk about your prize package!


Thank you, everyone who's taken part! I've loved reading all of your answers to my silly questions. I really feel like we have gone on a journey together -- and haven't we, whether it's the books, the movies or the House Cup Challenge itself?

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Holy bowtruckles, guys! I saw Deathly Hallows Part One last night, at the 12:05am show. I'm still reeling. It reminded me of what an intense journey we've all been on since the first book came out -- and how the next stage of the journey is drawing to a close.

I loved reading all of your stories about your knitting disasters! Not that I loved knowing that they happened, but it makes me really happy that no one took the disasters as a reflection of themselves or their knitting talent. We may mess up, but we keep trying. That's definitely in the spirit of Harry Potter and his friends.

This week's winner's story is one that I've definitely experienced:






450 yards of fingering weight yarn, in a tangle? I would rather have spattergroit/the death flu again than face something like that! Congratulations, CommaSplice! Not only are you braver than I, you've won this week's prize! Please message me on Ravelry with your address so I can mail out your row counter!

Next week is the last giveaway for this term, if you can believe it! Since it is the last one, it's going to be a little special -- a sock or mitten kit (winner's choice) in their House colors! If you want to be entered, please leave me a comment here, telling me your first Harry Potter memory -- whether it's about the books, the movies, whatever you like!

I hope all your projects are going well -- we're almost there!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Hello, my dears! Can you believe that the first Deathly Hallows movie is almost here? Holy kneazles!


By now, my wand knows the way by heart...





...and the winner is revealed:




Congratulations, joseybug! Please message me on Ravelry with your address and I'll send your prize!


Next week's prize is a Clover row counter -- believe me, I would be lost without mine! So leave me a comment and tell me your worst knitting disaster and you'll be entered to win!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Hello, dear Hogwartians! Once again it's time for the Friday giveaway.

I'll keep this short and sweet, and get right to this week's winner!


By now, the spell doesn't take long to execute:




...and the winner is:




Congratulations, stitchywitchy! You've won this week's kit. Please message me on Ravelry with your mailing address so I can send out your kit.

I just wanted to give everyone an update -- being sick has really thrown me off, so I've been behind on sending out prizes. I'm really sorry, but thank you for being so patient!


Next week's prize is a copy of Yarns To Dye For: Creating Self-Patterning Yarns for Knitting by Kathleen Taylor.




Leave a comment with your favorite yarn, and you'll be entered for a chance to win!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway -- A Day Late

Hello Cuppers!

I'm sorry for the delay in the giveaway results -- I've got a nasty case of the flu and spent most of yesterday in bed. At least it's not spattergroit!

With no more time wasted, let me present to you the winner of last week's giveaway!

My spellwork reveals the winner:



...who is:




Crankyangel! Congratulations! Just send me a message on Ravelry with your email and we'll get your pattern out to you!


If you guys are anything like me, you can never find a tapestry needle, or a stitch marker, or your needle gauge, when you need it. So, to keep any other Cupper from the same fate in which I constantly find myself, I'm putting together a mini-first aid for the winner of next week's giveaway! To enter, just leave a comment here, and tell me what your favorite part of fall is!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Hello everyone! It's time for the winner of last week's The Knitter's Almanac giveaway!

My spellwork gives me a number:





And the winner is...




Congratulations, Galena! Please message me on Ravelry with your mailing address, and I'll send out your prize!


This week's prize is another Knitpicks pattern, donated by clmnj58! There are tons of great options for winter knitting, so leave a comment here with your plans for holiday/winter knitting to be entered for a chance to win!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Hi again, everyone! I hope your October is going well and all of your classes are coming along! I've already finished up one project...and I think it's going to come in handy very, very soon.

But before I start blathering, here is the winner of last week's prize!

My complex, arcane spellwork gives me a number:




...and the winner is:



bijou3owl! Congratulations! Please message me on Ravelry with your address, and I'll mail your prize out to you.


And for this week's prize, I've donated:



A copy of Elizabeth Zimmerman's The Knitter's Almanac! This is such a genius little volume -- you'll love it!

Just leave a comment here with your dream karaoke song (whether you do karaoke or not), and you'll be entered for a chance to win!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Congratulations, everyone! We just completed the first month of classes and I have to say, I am absolutely blown away with the amazing work you've all done! I can't wait to see the projects that show up in the prize threads, and I'll be posting some of my favorites from the various Houses in the next day or so!

But for now -- THE GIVEAWAY WINNER!

I've worked the spell to determine the winner:




...and my result appears!


Congratulations to Stuartsmom! Please message me on Ravelry so we can get your prize to you!


This week's prize is donated by me -- a skein of STR in the Knitters Without Borders colorway!




Leave a comment telling me which is your favorite October class, and you'll be entered for a chance to win!

Love and scales,
theherocomplex

Friday Giveaway!

Before we get on to this week's prize giveaway, I just want to send a shout-out to Lisakbye, last week's winner -- you didn't contact me so I don't know where to send your prize! Please message me on Ravelry to claim your prize.

Holy cats, you guys! I've been reading over the comments on the last giveaway post as they come in -- I can't believe some of you are turning in projects for your third and fourth classes! It boggles my sexy little Slytherin mind!


Before I get too boggled, however, let's get down to the awesome business of who won last week's Knitpicks pattern!

My complicated spell-work came up with a random number:


(spell-work so complex that it looks like I made it on a Muggle computer!)


...and the winner is:



Brie! Congratulations, Brie! Just send a message along to me on Ravelry and we'll get your prize to you!


This week's prize is being donated by the glorious Fosterson -- a sampler skein of his handspun! Just leave a comment, telling me how you plan to celebrate The Deathly Hallows Part One being released, and you'll be entered for a chance to win!

Friday Giveaway, Take Two!

Hey again, everyone!

It's that glorious time for your glorious Slytherin blogger to do some prize-y stuff.

First off, last week's prize giveaway is ready to go! DebPonzio donated some of her gorgeous Ribbon Bookmarks as the prize.

The random number generator chose:



...who is:



Congratulations! Give me a shout on Ravelry so we can get your prize to you!


And now, what you've all been waiting for: this week's prize! Our own amazing Fosterson has donated another $1.99 Knitpicks Independent Designer pattern! There are so many great patterns to choose from, so comment away, and tell me a little bit about what you're working on this week for classes!

- theherocomplex

EDIT: Oops, my mistake! I posted an earlier screen shot of the number generator -- before I took into account deleted comments/duplicates. This new one is accurate!

Friday Giveaway!

Hi everyone! theherocomplex reporting -- I'll be your Slytherin blogger for this term, so be kind...or I'll hex you.

Here's the first Friday Prize Giveaway of the new term! The prize is a $1.99 pattern download from Knitpicks, donated by the awesome clmnj58! Leave a comment here in order to be entered for the prize drawing.

I hope everyone's term has started out well!